UVTAGG Press Release: Online Meeting Saturday Morning 9 Nov 2024: MARILYN THOMSEN on FEDERAL AND STATE MILITARY RECORDS
2024-11-06
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Donald R. Snow - snowd@math.byu.edu
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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 9 Nov 2024 on Zoom and Facebook
10 am - 11 am MST: MARILYN THOMSEN on MILITARY RESEARCH WHEN AND WHERE
11:10 - 12 Noon MST: MARILYN THOMSEN on STATE MILITARY RECORDS RESEARCH
Details on UVTAGG.org and on the UVTAGG blog.
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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 9 Nov 2024 on Zoom and Facebook
Details and links to watch are on https://uvtagg.org and on the UVTAGG Facebook page.
10 am - 11 am MDT: MARILYN THOMSEN on MILITARY RESEARCH WHEN AND WHERE
11:10 - 12 Noon MDT: MARILYN THOMSEN on STATE MILITARY RECORDS RESEARCH
ABOUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION:
Thinking of exploring your ancestor's military records? Military records are an important USA source of information. They are especially valuable when researching families before the 1850 Census. Marilyn will discuss military records, how they are organized and what you can expect to discover. Also the major repositories of records and search strategies will be included.
ABOUT MARILYN THOMSEN:
Marilyn Thomsen has been the editor of TAGGology, the Utah Valley and Technology Group’s newsletter for 10 years. She graduated with a BA from BYU (’05) with a Family History focus in US Southern research. She was a volunteer on the US & Canada floor at the Family Search Library in SLC and worked on other projects. She was Director at three FamilySearch Centers in Utah. After completing National DAR training, she enjoyed lineage research for new applicants. During her BYU Internship at the National Archive Regional Center in Georgia, she rambled through courthouses and cemeteries of her Southern roots. With her husband, Richard, she visited the homes, parishes and archives of her ancestors in Denmark, Isle of Man and England. Marilyn loves to put flesh on the bones of her ancestors and won BYU’s Family History of the Year Award for histories focusing on her Utah Pioneer ancestors. Her enthusiasm when teaching comes because she really loves helping others find their roots. Her husband, Richard, shares a passion for digging up dead relatives and connecting them to living relatives.
ABOUT THE CLASS:
State Archives may have your ancestor's military records. Local archives have databases and records not found in Federal databases. This intermediate level class discusses the importance of being familiar with local county histories and records when researching your ancestor's military background.
All meetings of the UVTAGG group are open to the public and have the goal of helping people use technology to further their family and personal history. The Group is in its 34th year and previously was called the Utah Valley PAF Users Group. On the blog is a way for anyone to receive the press releases via email. Members of the group ($15/year), besides being able to interact with presenters on ZOOM, receive the monthly email newsletter, TAGGology, and have access to the more than 650 videos of past presentations and classes. TAGGology contains a wealth of information about genealogy, including information for Temple and Family History Consultants. Free sample copies of the Newsletter can be requested by emailing uvtagginfo@gmail.com .
Officers of UVTAGG are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Beccy Martin, Secretary; Jerry Castillo, Membership Officer, Marilyn Thomsen, TAGGology Newsletter Editor; Rayanne Melick, Treasurer; Librarian (Vacant); Carol Hill, Social Media Publicist; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Chris Stevenson, Brent Nelson, Jerry Castillo, and Dawn Brimhall, Broadcast and Website Specialists. For further information contact President Gerhard Ruf at uvtagginfo@gmail.com (801-602-5048), or 1st VP Laurie Castillo at gengal@comcast.net , or 2nd VP Don Snow at snowd@math.byu.edu .
for Donald R. Snow, 2nd VP, snowd@math.byu.edu .
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